{
  "id": 3922335,
  "title": "Cape Town's sewer headache: 90 000 blockages in a year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/cape-towns-sewer-headache-90-000-blockages-in-a-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/city-watch/2026-08-28-cape-towns-sewer-headache-90-000-blockages-in-a-year/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate attended to 90 002 sewer blockages in the 2025/26 financial year, according to the City.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Traffic fine shortfall prompts R115m Cape Town budget adjustment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/traffic-fine-shortfall-prompts-r115m-cape-town-budget-adjustment",
        "published": "2026-08-28T04:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}